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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from beran ‘ram’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a ram in some way, for example, someone with curly hair. It is also found as a nickname for a pig-headed or arrogant person and as a derogatory nickname for a Protestant.

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